| 2020 Summit League women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Denny Sanford Premier Center[1] Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions | South Dakota (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Dawn Plitzuweit (1st title) |
| MVP | Hannah Sjerven (South Dakota) |
| Television | MidcoSN ESPN+ ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 South Dakota † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | – | 2 | .933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 Summit League Tournament winner As of January 9, 2024 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 7–10, 2020, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament. South Dakota won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds
The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are to be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | 16–0 | |
| 2 | South Dakota State | 13–3 | |
| 3 | Denver | 9–7 | 1–1 vs. SDSU |
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 9–7 | 0–2 vs. SDSU, 2–0 vs. ND |
| 5 | Western Illinois | 9–7 | 0–2 vs. SDSU, 1–1 vs. ND |
| 6 | North Dakota State | 7–9 | |
| 7 | North Dakota | 6–10 | |
| 8 | Omaha | 2–14 | |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 | ||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | #1 South Dakota vs. #8 Omaha | 99–40 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ |
| 2 | 2:30 pm | #2 South Dakota State vs. #7 North Dakota | 72–43 | |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8 | ||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | #4 Oral Roberts vs. #5 Western Illinois | 74–66 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ |
| 4 | 2:00 pm | #3 Denver vs. #6 North Dakota State | 72–68 | |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9 | ||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | #1 South Dakota vs. #4 Oral Roberts | 65–43 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ |
| 6 | 2:30 pm | #2 South Dakota State vs. #6 North Dakota State | 76–56 | |
| Final – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||
| 7 | 1:00 pm | #1 South Dakota vs. #2 South Dakota State | 63–58 | ESPNU |
| *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 7 & 8 MidcoSN/ESPN+ | Semifinals March 9 MidcoSN/ESPN+ | Championship March 10 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Dakota | 99 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Omaha | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Dakota | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Western Illinois | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Dakota | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota State | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | North Dakota | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota State | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Dakota State | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Denver | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Dakota State | 72 | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "The Summit League". The Summit League. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ↑ "2020 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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